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Defiance (2008)

Defiance (2008)

Action Drama History War

Freedom begins with an act of defiance

Release Date: 2008, December 31
Directors: Edward Zwick
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Vantage, Grosvenor Park Productions, Defiance Productions, Pistachio Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Tomas Arana, Kate Fahy, Sam Spruell, Daniel Craig, Mark Margolis, Martin Hancock, Jacek Koman, Mia Wasikowska, Ravil Isyanov, Jamie Bell, George MacKay

Overview:

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

Keywords:

fight sibling relationship world war ii forest camp brother partisan